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Rank insignia
German NCO rank |-----
Introduction
1955 |-----
Rank group
Non-commissioned officers |-----
Navy
Bootsmann |-----
Army / Air Force
Feldwebel |-----
NATOequivalent
OR-6 |-----
Navy
- Petty Officer First Class
- Petty Officer“
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The German term Bootsmann translates to Boatswain, i.e. the senior crewman of the deck department.
In a military context, ''' Bootsmann '' (Btsm' or B) is the lowest Portepeeunteroffizier (NCO with portepeé) rank in the German Navy. It belongs to the particular rank group Senior NCOs with port épée. It is grouped as OR6 in NATO, equivalent to Petty Officer First Class in the US Navy, and to Petty Officer in the British Royal Navy.
In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr Bootsmann also informally / short Bootsmann.
The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffiziere mit Portepee
*OR-9: Oberstabsbootsmann / Oberstabsfeldwebel
- OR-8: Stabsbootsmann / Stabsfeldwebel
- OR-7: Hauptbootsmann / Hauptfeldwebel
- OR-6a: Oberbootsmann / Oberfeldwebel
- OR-6b: Bootsmann / Feldwebel
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"!
junior Rank
Obermaat
(German NCO rank)
Bootsmann
senior Rank
Oberbootsmann